CANUCKS BANTER: Chicago Visits Vancouver In Key Western Conference Matchup

Posted on November 21, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 21, 2015

The Chicago Blackhawks (11-7-2), in 4rth place in the Central division, come into Vancouver(7-7-6) after a tough game in Calgary on Friday night, a 2-1 overtime loss to the Flames.

Patrick Kane will be trying to extend his 15-game point streak. Crawford will likely start after backup Scott Darling made 35 saves against the Flames. Chicago are 3-6-0 on the road and were winless in the first two games of their “Circus Trip” by the Edmonton Oilers (4-3 overtime win) and Flames but still earning three of four points to start the trip.

“It’s definitely not frustrating to get three out of four points,” Darling told the Blackhawks website. “Maybe we didn’t have our best game [Friday], so we can definitely improve and build off this game … I think we’ll be fine.”

Vancouver starts a 4-game home stand, playing their first home game in over two weeks after a disastrous 7-game road trip that garnered a 1-4-2 record, and helped them fall into 4rth place in the Pacific Division, after starting the road trip tied for first place with Los Angeles.

The Canucks have lost 4-games in a row (0-3-1), and are in need of some urgency as they are plunging further down in the standings while other teams are overtaking them.

“These games are a big test coming up for us,” Prust said. “We’re not pressing the panic button, but we definitely have a sense of urgency.”

Canucks have been injury prone lately, and continue to be faced with a revolving door.

Vancouver will get left wing Brandon Prust (ankle) back from injured reserve after missing 11 games. The Canucks may also get right wing Radim Vrbata back after he missed Vancouver’s 4-1 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday with a groin injury; Vrbata skated by himself at practice Friday. Defenseman Ben Hutton (lower body), center Brandon Sutter (lower body) and defenseman Luca Sbisa (left hand) are day-to-day but not expected to play, according to the Canucks website.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

Tonight marks the first of three meetings this season between the Canucks and Blackhawks. The Canucks visit the United Center on December 13th while the Blackhawks visit Rogers Arena again on Mar. 27th.
The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games versus the Blackhawks.
Daniel Sedin is one point (334-565-899) from becoming just the second player in Canucks franchise history to reach 900 points (all with

Vancouver). Henrik Sedin became the first Canuck player to reach 900 points when he notched a pair of goals on Mar. 3/15 vs SJ.
Jake Virtanen leads the team and all NHL rookies in hits with 48.
Daniel Sedin has 7 points (3-4-7) in his last 5 games. His four point performance on Nov. 10 at CBJ was the first time since Feb.

18/12 vs TOR that he had four points in a single game. He currently leads the team in points (18), goals (7) and assists (11).
Jared McCann ranks second on the team and t-sixth among rookies in goals (6); he is also the first Canucks player since Dane

Jackson in 1993 to have at least five consecutive goals to start his career (no assists).
McCann currently ranks 9th among rookies in shooting percentage (18.2%) and is t-7th among rookies in shots with 33.
Ben Hutton ranks third on the team and t-second among NHL rookies in assists (8). Hutton had a career-high three game point/assist streak from

Nov. 7-10/15.
Hutton also ranks third among rookies in blocked shots with 22 and ninth in rookie shots with 29.
Ryan Miller ranks t-first in games played/started (17) and first in TOI (1026:13). He also ranks second among all goalies in shots

against with 485 (one behind League-leader Roberto Luongo (486)).
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:45) and has led the team in that category in 18 of 19 games he’s played, including 10 games

where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 11th in the NHL in TOI/GP. Last season, Edler ranked first on the team in average ice time

per game (23:58) and led the team in TOI on 59 separate occasions including 26 games where led all skaters in TOI.
The Canucks have had six different players make their NHL debut this season (Grenier, Shinkaruk, Virtanen, McCann, Hutton, and Gaunce).

According to Elias Sports Bureau, this is the most number players to make their NHL debut for the Canucks in a single season since six players

did so during the 2007.08 season.
The last season where six or more players made their NHL debut in a single season for the Canucks was in 1999.00 (eight players).
The club record for NHL debuts in a single season is 11 which occurred during the 1973.74 season.
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season, t-third most in the League with Boston; Nashville has had 20 and St. Louis has had 19

different goal scorers.
The Canucks players aged 23 or younger that have appeared in the lineup thus far (Baertschi, Horvat, Hutton, Virtanen, McCann, Gaunce, and Shinkaruk) have accounted for 20.0% of points (34), goals (22) and assists (22) respectively, for the team this season.
The Canucks are t-12th in the League with 2.75 goals for per game; Their 55 goals on the year are sixth most in the NHL.
Canucks +/- leaders: Jannick Hansen +8, Chris Tanev +6, Alex Edler +5
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…

Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-0

Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-7-6

Allow 4+ Goals: 0-3-3

Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-4-3

On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-1

On 1 Day Rest: 2-4-4

On 2 Days Rest: 2-2-1

On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1

Score a PPG: 2-4-4

Give up a PPG: 2-5-3

25+ Shots on Goal: 6-6-5

Less than 25 shots: 1-1-1

SEASON SNAPSHOT

Vancouver is tied with Winnipeg for the 8th most points at 20 points in the Western Conference but would be out of a playoff position if the playoff were to start today.

Dallas (16-4-0) and Montreal (15-4-2) currently sit atop of the NHL with 32 points, followed by the New York Rangers (14-3-2) with 30 points.

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Canucks Misfortunes Continue With 4-1 Loss To Winnipeg

Posted on November 18, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 18, 2015

Four Game Losing Streak Going Home

Vancouver and Winnipeg entered the game tonight set on changing their fortunes and ending streaks of futility: Canucks on a 3-game losing streak; and Winnipeg, winless in 6-games.

Forward Alex Grenier was recalled from the Utica Comets Tuesday night and in the game against Winnipeg for his NHL debut. And Ryan Miller was back in net after a brief rest on the road trip.

The Jets scored first in the opening period, with a power play goal by Mark Scheifele (6). Winnipeg was 0-13 on their power play before that goal. The first period ended with the Jets up 1-0. Vancouver was 0-2 on the power play in the period. The Jets out hit Vancouver 17-9, and pressed the Canucks for 5-takeaways to one for Vancouver. The Canucks outshot Winnipeg 14-11.

The Canucks struck first in the second period with their only goal of the game, on the power play, by Daniel Sedin(7), to tie the game at 1-1. It was Vancouver’s 5th and last power play goal on the road trip. Winnipeg scored with less than three minutes in the period, on a goal by Drew Stafford(6). Winnipeg continued to out hit Vancouver, as they had 11-hits to 2-hits for Vancouver. Both teams had 5-takeaways and 2-giveaways in the middle period. Canucks out shot the Jets, 10-6.

Both teams came out in the final period with urgency, the Jets up 2-1. Each team had two power plays each, with neither team scoring with the man advantage. The Canucks had their chances but could not bury the puck for a timely goal, and began taking chances for the tying goal.

With less than three minutes left, the Jets burned the Canucks on the second goal of the game by Mark Scheifele(8), and then an empty net goal by Drew Stafford(7) for his second goal of the game, sealed Vancouver’s fate. Winnipeg out shot the Canucks in the final period, 17-6 and in the game, 34-30. Canucks out hit the Jets 5-2 in the period.

Rookie Alex Grenier had 15-shifts, and 8:52 TOI during the game (1rst: 7 shifts; 3:34 TOI; 2nd: 6 shifts;3:58 TOI); 3rd: 2 shifts; 1:20 TOI).

ROAD TRIP SUMMARY

Goals For: 18
Goals Against: 25
PPG For: 5-28
PPG Against: 9-27
Shots For: 234
Shots Against: 230
Record: 1-4-2
Short Handed Goals Against: 3
Short Handed Goals For: 0
Ryan Miller was held winless on the road trip in 5-games.
Jacob Markstrom had the only Canucks victory on the road trip.

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Hemorrhaging Canucks In Must Win Game Tonight Against Struggling Jets

Posted on November 18, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 17, 2015

Canucks Quest To End Losing Streak Continues As They Stumble Into Winnipeg

Vancouver (7-6-6) completes its 7-game road trip that is 1-3-2 with a 3-game losing streak (0-2-1) after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. The Canucks have lost 6 of their last 7 games.

Vancouver has lost 11-one goal games so far this season (0-5-6), most in the NHL. The other loss has being by 2-goals against the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 14, by a 4-2 score.

Winnipeg (8-9-2) begins a 3-game home stand after returning home from a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Monday, the final game of a pointless 4-game road trip, that extended their losing streak to 6-games (0-5-1).

The game tonight is the first of three games between the Jets and Canucks who play two more times: March 14, 2016 in Vancouver and March 22, 2016, back in Winnipeg.

Vancouver has a stranglehold on the series with the Jets, at 12-4-1 with one tie. Canucks had won three straight and seven of eight meetings before losing 5-4 in Winnipeg on April 4 last season.

Both teams need to turn things around sooner than later as precious points are being lost, as well as they are both dropping further in the standings of their respective divisions in the Western Conference.

Both have struggling power plays and penalty kills, with Winnipeg being shorthanded 77 times this season, most in the NHL. The Jets are 3 for 22 on the power play at home and 9 for 59 overall. Canucks are 6 for 38 on the power play on the road and 11 for 63 overall. The Canucks penalty kill has allowed 7 power play goals on 34 attempts on the road. The Jets have allowed 5 power play goals on 24 attempts at home.

Both teams seem to be oh-so-close on the verge of dominating a game and sensing a win, only to be their own worst enemies, and at the end, realizing a game is 60-minutes long, and the game isn’t over ‘till it’s over.

The question on the mind of the Canucks brass entering this game has to be, what happens if Vancouver continues to go in the wrong direction—-what is management prepared to do?

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

Jannik Hansen leads the Canucks in +/- with a +9, while Radim Vrbata is the worst Canuck at -11
Rookie Jared McCann scored his first power play goal, 6th goal of the season on Monday night.
McCann is tied for 3rd most goals by a rookie; and is tied for top sniper on the Canucks with Daniel Sedin with his 6 goals.
Ryan Miller is 0-4-1 with a 3.46 GAA over a five-game stretch in which he’s surrendered three goals or more each time
Miller has a 27-12-6 record against Montreal.
In 4 games on the road trip, Miller has allowed 14 goals on 115 shots, a save percentage of .878.
Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen had no points Monday night but has 4 goals and 3 assists over his last 8 games.
The Canucks have at least one power-play goal in their last 3 games
Canucks C Brandon Sutter (lower body) did not practise Sunday and missed his third straight game on Monday.
Both D Luca Sbisa (foot) and LW Brandon Prust (ankle) rejoined the team in Toronto and practised.
Hunter Shinkaruk called up from Utica Comets in the AHL made his NHL debut against the Canadians. He had 13 shifts and 9:35 minutes/seconds in playing time.
Jake Virtanen leads the team and all NHL rookies in hits with 44. Ben Hutton and Jared McCann are tied for 41rst with 10-hits each.
Daniel Sedin has 14 points (5-9-14) in his last 15 games.
Ben Hutton ranks t-second on the team and second among NHL rookies in assists (8). Hutton has 4 assists in the last 8
games and had a career-high three game point/assist streak from Nov. 7-10/15. He also ranks t-third among rookies in blocked shots
with 21.
Ryan Miller ranks first in a number of statistical categories this season including games played/started (16), TOI (966:31) and shots
against (452).
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:46) and has led the team in that category in 17 of 18 games he’s played, including nine games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 12th in the NHL in TOI/GP. Last season, Edler ranked first on the team in average ice time per game (23:58) and led the team in TOI on 59 separate occasions including 26 games where led all skaters in TOI
McCann and Ben Hutton are tied for 11th in rookie points with 8-points each. Jake Virtanen has 4-points.
Jared McCann and Ben Hutton have the 8th and 9th most shots among rookies with 31 and 29 respectively. Jake Virtanen has 22-shots.
Ben Hutton is 10th among all rookies in TOI, averaging 17:36-minutes/seconds per game. McCann is 56th at 11:27-minutes/seconds per game; Virtanen is 69th at 9:58-minutes/seconds per game
Jared McCann is 6th in face-offs won among all rookies with 46 on 128 attempts.
Ben Hutton has two power play assists.
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season, t-second most in the League with St. Louis and Boston; Nashville has

had 19 different goal scorers
The Canucks are tied for 8th in the League with 2.84 goals for per game; their 54 goals on the year are tied for 5th most in the NHL.
The Canucks have 1-shutout and have yet to be shutout after 19-games.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD:
- Scoring First: 5-1-4
- Opponent scoring first: 2-5-2
- Leading after 1 period: 4-0-2
- Trailing after 1 period: 0-4-2
- Leading after 2 periods: 5-1-4
- Trailing after 2 periods: 0-5-0
- Tied after 2 periods: 2-0-2
- 1-Goal Games: 2-5-6
- 2-Goal Games: 1-1
- 3-Goal Games: 4-0
- Score 2 or fewer goals: 1-5-3
- Outshooting Opponent: 4-4-4
- Outshot by Opponent: 3-2-2
- Even Shots: 0-0-0
- SHG Given Up: 4
- SHG Scored: 1
- Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-0
  Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-6-6
  Allow 4+ Goals: 0-2-3
  Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-4-3
  On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-1
  On 1 Day Rest: 2-3-4
  On 2 Days Rest: 2-2-1
  On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1
  Score a PPG: 2-3-4
  Give up a PPG: 2-4-3
- 25+ Shots on Goal: 6-5-5
- Less than 25 shots: 1-1-1
  20+ Shots on Goal: 7-6-6
  Less than 20 shots:

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Four Unanswered Goals Propel Montreal 4-3 Over Vancouver in OT

Posted on November 17, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 17, 2015

The Vancouver Canucks (7-6-6) pulled out to a 3-0 lead, on goals by Adam Cracknell, Jared McCann, both in the first period; and Daniel Sedin in the second period. And then the Canucks became their own worst enemies and imploded.

Montreal (14-3-2) stormed back with three straight goals to tie the game at 3-3 at the end of regulation play.

A shorthanded goal by Lars Eller, and an even strength goal by Max Pacioretty made the score 3-2 Vancouver after two periods. An even strength goal by Tomas Fleischmann with just over three minutes left in regulation evened things up for Montreal, who seemed down and out for the count nearing the middle of the second period.

The Canadians completed their comeback with their first win in overtime this season, handing the Canucks their 3rd consecutive loss, and their 6th loss in overtime, on a goal by David Desharnais.

The Canucks have lost 5 of 6 on the road trip, and lost 7 of their last 10 games, with their last game on this road swing on Wednesday night against the Winnipeg Jets.

The Canucks are 4-5-2 since defeating Montreal in Vancouver on October 27.

The point Vancouver earned in overtime, boosts the Canucks ahead of Arizona for sole possession of 2nd spot in the Pacific Division, 2 points behind the Los Angeles Kings, and 2 points ahead of the San Jose Sharks.

Los Angeles and San Jose have 2 games in hand on Vancouver, while Arizona, Anaheim and Edmonton, each have a game in hand on the Canucks.

POWER PLAY GETS A LIFT

Vancouver was 2 for 6 on the power play against the Canadians
The Canucks are getting 2.84 goals per game and are scoring scoring on 17.5 percent of their power play chances (11 of 63) overall after tonight
On the road, the power play is now 15.8 percent (6 of 38).
The power play is 4-20 on the current road trip going into Winnipeg
Adding insult to the man advantage: Canucks have been stung for 3-shorthanded goals on the road trip.

PENALTY KILL BACK TO PERFECT

The penalty kill allowed no goals on four Montreal opportunities
Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.63 goals per game and are killing 80.7 percent of their power play chances (42 of 57) overall after tonight
On the road, it is 79.4 percent (23 of 34).
Canucks have allowed 7 goals on 22 attempts during the current road stretch.
The Canucks had surrendered at least one power play goal in six straight games but a seventh straight game was not to be.
Previously they had not given up PPGs in a 6-game stretch since the start of the 2009-10 season when they allowed PPGs in their first six games from October 1 to 16

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

Jannik Hansen leads the Canucks in +/- with a +9, while Radim Vrbata is the worst Canuck at -11, after tonight’s game
Rookie Jared McCann scored his first power play goal, 6th goal of the season. McCann is tied for 3rd most goals by a rookie; and is tied for top sniper on the Canucks with Daniel Sedin with his 6 goals.
Ryan Miller is 0-4-1 with a 3.46 GAA over a five-game stretch in which he’s surrendered three goals or more each time
Miller has a 27-12-6 record against Montreal.
In 4 games on the road trip, Miller has allowed 14 goals on 115 shots, a save percentage of .878.
Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen had no points tonight but has 4 goals and 3 assists over his last 8 games.
The Canucks have at least one power-play goal in their last 3 games
Canucks C Brandon Sutter (lower body) did not practise Sunday and missed his third straight game.
Both D Luca Sbisa (foot) and LW Brandon Prust (ankle) rejoined the team in Toronto and practised.
Hunter Shinkaruk called up from Utica Comets after scoring 10 goals in 12 games in the AHL could made his NHL debut against the Canadians getting 13 shifts and 9:35 minutes/seconds in playing time.
Jacob Markstrom played tonight giving Ryan Miller a rest..
Jake Virtanen leads the team and all NHL rookies in hits with 44.
Daniel Sedin has 14 points (5-9-14) in his last 15 games.
Ben Hutton ranks t-second on the team and second among NHL rookies in assists (8). Hutton has 4 assists in the last 8
games and had a career-high three game point/assist streak from Nov. 7-10/15. He also ranks t-third among rookies in blocked shots
with 21.
Ryan Miller ranks first in a number of statistical categories this season including games played/started (16), TOI (966:31) and shots
against (452).
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:46) and has led the team in that category in 17 of 18 games he’s played, including 10
games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks t-12th in the NHL in TOI/GP. Last season, Edler ranked first on the team
in average ice time per game (23:58) and led the team in TOI on 59 separate occasions including 26 games where led all skaters in
TOI.
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season (tied for most in the League with St. Louis and Nashville)
The Canucks are tied for 9th in the League with 2.84 goals for per game; their 54 goals on the year are tied for 4rth most in the NHL.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…
Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-0
Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-7-5
Allow 4+ Goals: 0-2-3
Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-4-3
On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-1
On 1 Day Rest: 2-3-4
On 2 Days Rest: 2-2-1
On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1
Score a PPG: 2-3-4
Give up a PPG: 2-4-3
20+ Shots on Goal: 7-6-6
Less than 20 shots:

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Vancouver Takes Road Woes To Montreal

Posted on November 16, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 16, 2015

Vancouver (7-6-5) continues their 7-game road trip in Montreal (13-3-2), with Montreal trying to regain top spot in the NHL, and the Canucks looking to defeat the Canadians for the second time this season.

Both teams are looking to end two game losing streaks, with the Canucks losing the battle of Ontario, to both Ottawa and Toronto.

The Canadians, suffered back to back losses to Pittsburgh and Colorado, to drop out of top spot in the NHL, as the New York Rangers jumped up to become the best team in the NHL.

Vancouver since 2000, have a record of 4-6-1 in Montreal, last winning during the 2011-12 season, by a score of 4-3. All time record: Overall 31-79-13; at home 19-36-8; in Montreal 12-43-5.

WHO ARE THESE CANUCKS?

The Canucks, who beat the Canadians 5-1 in Vancouver on Oct. 27, do not resemble the same team.

The Canadians, having won nine straight entering that game from the start of the season, have been 4-3-2 since then. Vancouver at the time was 3-2-3, and since then have a record of 4-4-2, including that win against Montreal.

While other teams in the Pacific Division continue to climb up the standings, the Canucks are continuing their descent further down in the division with little resistance, as they continually show their inability to solve issues that continue to befell them game in and game out.

The Canucks have lost 4 of 5 games on their road trip. The only victory coming against the NHL-cellar-dwelling Columbus Blue Jackets.

Yet Vancouver has outscored the opposition in those 5 games, 12-8 at even strength.

IN NEED OF A CHARGE

The Vancouver Canucks are getting 2.83 goals per game and are scoring scoring on 15.8 percent of their power play chances (9 of 57) overall.
On the road, it is 12.5 percent (4 of 32).
The power play is 2-14 on the current road trip.
Adding insult to the man advantage: Canucks have been stung for two shorthanded goals on the road trip.

CANUCKS HEMORAGING SHORTHANDED

Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.56 goals per game and are killing 79.2 percent of their power play chances (42 of 53) overall.
On the road, it is 76.7 percent (23 of 30).
Their penalty kill, normally strong, is nearing the bottom of the NHL, has allowed 7 goals on 18 attempts during the current road stretch.
The Canucks have surrendered a power play goal in six straight games.
Previously they had not given up PPGs in a 6-game stretch since the start of the 2009-10 season when they allowed PPGs in their first six games from October 1 to 16

Which Canuck team will show up tonight?? The team that beat Montreal so resoundingly on October 27? Or, the team that has struggled on their current road trip?

“I don’t think we’ve beaten ourselves that often. The thing you have to like about our team is every time they come back hard. It doesn’t matter how far we get down, doesn’t matter what’s happened, we’re hanging around at the end looking for a way to win the game.”

— Canuck coach Willie Desjardins

If the Canucks look for a way to win a game too often, they could be staring down the fairway on the 1rst hole of the Point Grey golf course in April.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

Ryan Miller is 0-4-1 with a 3.46 GAA over a five-game stretch in which he’s surrendered three goals or more each time
Miller has a 27-12-6 record against Montreal.
In 4 games on the road trip, Miller has allowed 14 goals on 115 shots, a save percentage of .878.
Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen has 4 goals and 3 assists over his last 7 games.
The Canucks have a power-play goal in their last two games
Canucks C Brandon Sutter (lower body) did not practise Sunday and could miss his third straight game.
Both D Luca Sbisa (foot) and LW Brandon Prust (ankle) rejoined the team in Toronto and practised.
Alex Burrows could rejoin the Canucks in Montreal
Hunter Shinkaruk called up from Utica Comets after scoring 10 goals in 12 games in the AHL could make his NHL debut against the Canadiens
Jacob Markstrom is expected to be in goal tonight against Montreal.
Jake Virtanen leads the team and all NHL rookies in hits with 40.
Daniel Sedin has 13 points (4-9-13) in his last 14 games.
Ben Hutton ranks t-second on the team and second among NHL rookies in assists (8). Hutton has four assists in the last seven
games and had a career-high three game point/assist streak from Nov. 7-10/15. He also ranks t-third among rookies in blocked shots
with 20.
Ryan Miller ranks first in a number of statistical categories this season including games played/started (16), TOI (966:31) and shots
against (452).
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:44) and has led the team in that category in 16 of 17 games he’s played, including nine
games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks t-12th in the NHL in TOI/GP. Last season, Edler ranked first on the team
in average ice time per game (23:58) and led the team in TOI on 59 separate occasions including 26 games where led all skaters in
TOI.
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season (tied for most in the League with St. Louis and Nashville)
The Canucks are 9th in the League with 2.83 goals for per game; Their 51 goals on the year are fifth most in the NHL.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…
Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-0
Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-6-5
Allow 4+ Goals: 0-2-2
Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-4-3
On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-1
On 1 Day Rest: 2-3-3
On 2 Days Rest: 2-2-1
On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1
Score a PPG: 2-3-3
Give up a PPG: 2-4-3
20+ Shots on Goal: 7-6-5
Less than 20 shots:

SEASON SNAPSHOT

The Canucks are tied for 2nd place with Arizona in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, with 19 points, three points behind the division leader Los Angeles who have 22 points. San Jose is in 4rth place with 18 points, followed by Anaheim, Calgary and Edmonton with 14, 13 and 12 points respectively.

Vancouver is in the top 8 teams of the Western Conference tied with Arizona for the 5th most points, with 19 points. Dallas leads the conference with 28 points, five points ahead of Minnesota, Nashville and St. Louis, all with 23 points.

Canucks are in the top 16 of the NHL, tied with Tampa Bay and Arizona for the 7th most points in the league with 19 points. The New York Rangers are the best team in the league with 30 points, followed by Dallas and Montreal with 28 points each. Washington, Minnesota, Nashville and St. Louis are at their coat tails with 23 points.

Montreal leads the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference with 28 points. Ottawa is in 2nd place with 20 points, followed by Tampa Bay in 3rd place with 19 points. Boston, Detroit, Buffalo and Florida are all bunched up with 17 points each, with Toronto in cellar with 14 points.

Vancouver is led in scoring by Daniel Sedin with 16 points, including a team high 11 assists. Henrik Sedin is next with 13 points, followed by Jannik Hansen with 11 points.The Sedin brothers, Hansen and rookie Jared McCann are the top snipers for the Canucks with 5 goals apiece.

For the Canadians, Tomas Plekanec leds in scoring with 17 points, a single point ahead of Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban and Brendan Gallagher, all with 16 points. P.K. Subban leads Montreal in assists with 15, two more than Andrei Markov who has 13 assists. The top snipers on the Canadians are Max Pacioretty, Brendan Gallagher, Dale Weise, all with 8 goals each.

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PLAYER STATS

CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

Statistics courtesy of the NHL, Vancouver Canucks and SportingCharts, with thanks.

Four Unanswered Goals Propel Montreal 4-3 Over Vancouver in OT

POWER PLAY GETS A LIFT

PENALTY KILL BACK TO PERFECT

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

GAME REVIEW

CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

Vancouver Takes Road Woes To Montreal

WHO ARE THESE CANUCKS?

IN NEED OF A CHARGE

CANUCKS HEMORAGING SHORTHANDED

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

SEASON SNAPSHOT

CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

Statistics courtesy of the NHL, Vancouver Canucks and SportingCharts, with thanks.